Engineering of quorum-sensing systems for improved production of alkaline protease by Bacillus subtilis

Journal of Applied Microbiology

Volumn 96, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 569-578

  Tjalsma, H ^a,d   Koetje, E J ^a   Kiewiet, R ^a   Kuipers, O P ^a   Kolkman, M ^b   Van Der Laan, J ^b   Daskin, R ^c   Ferrari, E ^c   Bron, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b Genencor International BV   (Netherlands)

^c GENENCOR INTERNATIONAL INC   (United States)

^d RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

AprE; Bacillus subtilis; Gene regulation; Protein secretion; Quorum sensing; Rap Phr

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOLOGY; GENE ENCODING; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEINS;

ALKALINE PROTEASE; APRE; B.SUBTILIS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; EXTRACELLULAR; GENE-REGULATION; PROTEIN SECRETION; QUORUM-SENSING; QUORUM-SENSING SYSTEMS; RAP-PHR;

TRANSCRIPTION;

ALKALINE PROTEINASE; PENTAPEPTIDE;

BACTERIUM;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BIOENGINEERING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC PROCEDURES; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; PEPTIDE SYNTHESIS; PROTEIN DEGRADATION;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 1542269686     PISSN: 13645072     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2672.2004.02179.x     Document Type: Article

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